N Chandrababu Naidu meet Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo on Friday November 28, where both the leaders discussed over regions of mutual interest and cooperation. Meanwhile, Chandrababu Naidu has invited Shinzo Abe to visit Andhra Pradesh next year. During the high profile meeting with Shinzo Abe, Japanese PM has promised that Japan is likely to extend full support to Andhra Pradesh in build its capital city to the new state of Andhra Pradesh and its development.

Shinzo Abe insist that we are looking forward to improve and strengthening our relations with India and Andhra Pradesh in different sectors like trade and commerce, infrastructure, technology, agriculture and automobiles. Chandrababu also presented Tirupati Prasadam to Prime Minister Abe and presented a memento to him. Meanwhile, AP Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) on Friday.

AP CM Naidu also met with representatives of ISEKI & CO, agriculture equipment, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Hitachi Group, METI, NEDO and Kobelco among others. Meanwhile, Hitachi has released a statement on Friday that the company was interested in developing infrastructure, buildings and ports in Andhra Pradesh.

- Simha Raju